A Time to Kill
By: John Grisham
Edition: Dell Reissue edition (87)
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2003-05
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 515
ISBN-13: 9780440211723
Copyright date: 1989
Subjects: Murder; Trials (Murder); Fiction
Description: In The Last Juror, John Grisham summons his readers bak to Ford County, Mississippi. 

Here is the story that introduced readers to this unforgettable place and the people who live there, in one of his most beloved novels...

The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault  rifle--and takes justice into his own outraged hands.

For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life...and then his own...
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Notes: US/CAN